Shaquille O’Neal recently admitted to losing around $200,000 to rap star and songwriter Jermaine Dupri in a recent All-Star Weekend video. Already the video has stirred up some controversy across the net. Hollywood gossip blogger Perez Hilton talked down to the legendary basketball player shortly after the release of the footage saying, “Must be nice, blowing that kind of money and not having to think twice about it, especially when there are no charities or causes in the world you can donate it to.”

In truth Shaq didn’t seem particularly concerned with the sum of money involved in the gambling between him and Dupri. He actually seemed to be spurred on by the loss looking forward to a rematch.

He can be seen in the video here telling the camera, "This man liked to gamble with me, he hit me for about $200,000, but I'm ready now. In the Jaguar, Ferrari, switching four lanes, top down screaming out money ain't a thing. I'm ready now. He got me for about $200,000 back in the day, but I'm ready now."

Whether the exact amount he spends on gambling matters or not is up to his fans to decide but considering that the player makes a reported $21 million a year from his NBA salary alone it is reasonable to think that it may seem like small potatoes to the big star. In any case we expect to be hearing a lot more about this video comment.

NBA stars have showed enthusiasm for gambling in the past. Other famous gambling fans include Antoine Walker, Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley.